掙錢

See also: 挣钱

Chinese

		to earn; to make (money); struggle	coin; money
trad. (掙錢)		掙	錢
simp. (挣钱)		挣	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhèngqián, zhēngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ, ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zen⁴ qian²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang⁶ cin^4-2
• Jin (Wiktionary): zeng³ qie¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngcián
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: jèng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqchyan
    • Palladius: чжэнцянь (čžɛncjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengcián
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: jēng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyan
    • Palladius: чжэнцянь (čžɛncjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zen⁴ qian²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zenkian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang⁶ cin^4-2
    • Yale: jaahng chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang⁶ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang⁶ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ²² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zeng³ qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səŋ⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰie¹¹/

Verb

掙錢

1. to earn money

   全家就只剩下父親一個人掙錢了。 [MSC, trad.]
   全家就只剩下父亲一个人挣钱了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Quánjiā jiù zhǐ shèngxià fùqīn yīge rén zhèngqián le. [Pinyin]

   The father is the only one left in the family to earn money.

   • 2010, Jiang Wen, director, Let the Bullets Fly, spoken by Ma Bangde (Ge You):

     那你是想站著，還是想掙錢啊？
     我是想站著，還把錢掙了！ [MSC, trad.]
     那你是想站着，还是想挣钱啊？
     我是想站着，还把钱挣了！ [MSC, simp.]

     Nà nǐ shì xiǎng zhàn zhù, háishì xiǎng zhèngqián a?
     Wǒ shì xiǎng zhàn zhù, hái bǎ qián zhèng le! [Pinyin]

     So do you want to stand still, or do you want to make money?
     I wanted to stand and make money!

Synonyms

• 賺錢／赚钱 (zhuànqián)
• (Cantonese) 搵錢／揾钱
• (obsolete or Min, dialectal Wu) 趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián)

Adjective

掙錢

1. (colloquial) profitable

References

• “Entry #117810”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.